Wire puzzle.



No. 705,759. Patented July 29, I902.

F. HERD. WlBE PUZZLE.

A m eion filed Nov. 16, 1901.

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zbvarw w UNITED STATES FREDERIoK HERD, -OF lsROOKLYNyNEwfiYpRK-i WI'RE PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'l Pate'nt No. voarsagaated July 29,1909,

Applicationfiledllove inber 16,1961. 56113111032534. dramas.)

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HER a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Wire Puzzle, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved form of wire puzzle of novel and amusing character; and it comprises in general a member bent into semblance of a human skeleton and a removable member representing the head and neck, the latter member being designed to be removed from place at the waist portion of the main member and the latter being bent to form many obstacles to such removal. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a puzzle constructedin accordance with my inventiomthe' member representing the head being located in proper position. Figs. 2 and 3 are views similar to Fig. 1, illustrating the positions assumed by the various parts during the removal of the head from the main member.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the various figures.

The main memberis so bent as to resemble a human skeleton and comprises an elongated loopl, situated at thewaist, the wire forming said loop being twisted together and thence bent outwardly in opposite directions; to form loops 2, representing ribs, said loops 2 gradually increasing in size from thewaijst' The shoulder portions are formed by bending the ends of the wire out-" wardly in opposite directions, and such shoulto the shoulders.

der portions terminate in eyes 3, which carry linked members 4, representing the arms. Passing through the elongated loop 1 is a bar 5, which "may represent the pelvis, the central portion of said bar being bent upwardly to form a loop for engaging with the elongated loop. The bar 5 is provided on each side of the elongated loop 1 with a ball 7 of a diameter greater than the width of said elongated loop, so as to prevent passage of said balls therethrough. At the outer ends of the bar 5 are eyes 8, in which are hung links 9, representing the leg members, and said links carry at their lower ends rings 10 of a diameter less than the length of the elon- "gated loop, so that .th'ey n1ayf freely ,pass

through the same. .T h e. removable member is bent to resemble the head and neck and is formed of two pieces of wire, the portion 11 being substantially UJ-shap'ed and having terminal eyes 12 for engagement with the headmemberl3. Theheadmemberis formed of a piece of wirehavin'g'its central portion semicircular in form, 'lthe e idsfbeingthence bent inwardlytowardeach;otherand thence upwardly within the space .incl osed by'said. semicircular portion, as .show ,n more clearly.

in Fig. 1. 1

When the parts are, assembled, the U- shaped-portion 11 embracesth-eftwisted portion of the wire at the juncture of the shoul ders, as shown in Fig. 1, The length of the removable member. fro'm the" bot-tom of the portion 11 to the top of the portion 13 is less" than the length of oneof theshoulder-pieces,

so that it cannot be removed at this, point, I but must be gradually worked down over the loops 2 in-the manner shownfin' dotted lines until the waist portion is. reached. One of. the rings 10 is passed. through-the elongated loop 1, the links 9 beingdrawnafte'r-it as far as possible, this position'being shown in Fig. 2. The ball 7. by coming in contact with the elongated loop 1 will prevent ;-any further looped over the bar'5 andthetl-inks'S), but.

cannot be removed, by passing ,over one of the rings 10, the diameter otthe "latter being greater than the lengtlr'o-f'the. jremovable member. The removable nie nb'ie i may now be readily separated by passin it through the elongated loop lfi'n' thejlmann r shown in Fig. 3.

The number of obstructions in the removal of the removable memberjiiiay bein'c'reased to any desired extent and the' device may be modified by changing it s --size, form, or proportions without departing from the invention. Having thus described the inventiomwhat isclaimed as new is;

1. A wire puzzle comprising a main member having a fixed elongated loop, a bar and a link having a limited movement therethrough, and a removable member constructed to pass over the bar, link and elongated loop,'and to pass through said elongated loop, substantially as specified.

2. A Wire puzzle comprising a main member bent into the semblance of a human skeleton and having a fixed elongated loop, a bar and a link having a limited movement through said elongated loop, balls carried by the bar on each side of said elongated loop and forming stops for limiting the movement of the bar, and aremovable member forming the head of the figure, said movable member being adapted to be passed through said elongated loop, substantially as specified.

3. A Wire puzzle comprising a main body having an elongated loop, a bar passing through said elongated loop, balls arranged on said bar on each side of said elongated loop and of greater diameter than the width thereof, linked members carried by said bar and adapted to be passed through said elongated loop', and a removable member adapted to be passed through said elongated loop and 7 over one of said ballsand the end of the supporting-bar.

4. A Wire puzzle comprising in combination, a strip of wire centrally bent to form an elongated loop and thence bent to form representations of the back, ribs and shoulders of the human frame, a transversely-disposed bar passing through said loop, balls carried by said bar on each side of the elongated loop and of a diameter greater than the width of said elongated loop, links hung to the outer ends of said bar, rings of adiameter less than the length of said elongated loop, said rings being hung to the lower ends of said links, and a removable member made in two pivotally-connected sections and adapted to represent the head and neck, said removable member being'of a length less than the length of the said elongated loop, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERICK HERD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. HALSTEAD, ERNEST SINGER. 

